The Alabama Senate passed legislation on Tuesday to adjust the deadline for political parties to certify their nominees for president and vice president to allow President Joe Biden on the November ballot.

The bill still needs to pass the Alabama House of Representatives and will need Gov. Kay Ivey’s (R-AL) signature in the coming weeks. 

The legislation comes as the Democratic National Convention is slated for Aug. 19 this year, four days after the deadline for political parties to certify their presidential candidates.

The move isn’t unprecedented. Both parties held their conventions after some states’ ballot deadlines in 2020, and fixes, such as advance provisional certifications delivered by both parties, were made to accommodate both candidates.

Alabama senators passed the legislation unanimously, reinforcing a narrative that the process of accommodating the ballot deadline for candidates should not be partisan.

“We have a Democratic president today, but four years ago, we had a Republican president. We’re going to have a Republican president again, and we will have a Democratic president again,” John Merrill, Alabama’s former Republican secretary of state, told NBC News.

“It’s not something that needs to be advanced or promoted only because it’s a Democrat or a Republican [in office],” he said.

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State officials in Ohio and Washington have also remarked that the Democratic National Convention is being held too late for their ballot deadlines. Washington state has already produced a resolution for Biden if the campaign can provide a provisional certification before Aug. 20.

Ohio hasn’t proposed a solution yet, but lawmakers there have discussed the matter, with Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman, a Republican, declaring that Biden will be on the ballot.